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  • Solomon's seal (Polygonatum multiflorum): rootstock. Watercolour.
  • Angelica (Angelica archangelica): root segments and stem with bud. Watercolour.
  • A plant, possibly a Roscoea species: flowering and leafy stems with thick, fleshy roots. Watercolour.
  • Five roots of different forms: spindle-shaped (carrot), fibrous (grass), beet-shaped (radish), tuberous (water hemlock), and onion-shaped (onion). Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
  • Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and rootstock. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Wood avens (Geum urbanum): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Two plants: leafy stems, one with bulb and flower. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Turnip (Brassica rapa): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Parsnip (Pastinaca species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Four flowering plants, including a cowslip (Primula veris), comfrey (Symphytum officinale) and a bulrush (Scirpus species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Mandrake roots in the form of human figures, both naked and clothed; the mandrake plant itself (Mandragora officinarum L.); and a root of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.). Engraving.
  • Dog's mercury (Mercurialis perennis): flowering plant with roots. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
  • Friar's cowl (Arisarum vulgare Targ. Tozz.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Parsnip (Pastinaca species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Five flowering plants, including a sedge (Carex species) and stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius): flowering stem, root and leaf. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.
  • A clump of mushrooms and two Chinese artichokes (Stachys affinis). Watercolour.
  • A plant of the Leguminosae family: two flowering stems with separate flowers. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Five plants, including a grass, a sedge and a plant of the Boraginaceae family. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Peruvian rhatany (Krameria triandra): flowering and fruiting plant with roots and fruit segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.
  • A plant, possibly a Roscoea species: flowers, leaves and roots. Watercolour.
  • Cassava or tapioca plant (Manihot esculenta): leafy stem and tuberous roots. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809.
  • Trunk and roots of a pine tree cut to show growth rings; microscopic views of wood cells in longitudinal and transverse section and of a root tip. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
  • Lotus root (Nelumbo nucifera): part of rhizome. Watercolour.